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We have trawled through the forthcoming gigs in and around Manchester so you don’t have to. We believe that if we are going to recommend a gig to you, then it should be exactly that, a recommendation. Our gig guide is handpicked and every act has been listened to before making it onto the list. It has been compiled by the ears of our editors and not by any promoters, band’s management or PR’s.
If we’ve missed anything please feel free to plug any gigs in the comments box.
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APRIL 2018
1 – The Blow – Gullivers
1 – Pronto Mama – The Castle Hotel
2 – Arcades, The Americas, Bad Bug – The Castle Hotel
3 – Cabbage – Nihilistic Glamour Shots Art Exhibition & Stripped Back Set – Manchester Art Gallery
3 – Carousel Clouds – The Peer Hat
3 – Jarvis Cocker – The Deaf Institute
4 – Big Thief / Katie Von Schleicher – Academy 2
5 – South Island Son – Soup Kitchen
5 – Road to Sonder (5 acts for a fiver) – Night People
5 – Brooke Sharkey – The Castle Hotel
5 – Night Riots + Silent Rival – Night & Day Cafe
6 – Bones Shake – The Peer Hat
6 – Cosmo Sheldrake – Soup Kitchen
6 – Jessica Lea Mayfield / Sprinters – Gullivers
6 – The Lucid Dream – Band on The Wall
6 – Floral Scene – Night & Day Cafe
7 – Falsetival: False Advertising / Forever Cult / Peaness / Dead Naked Hippies / JOHN – Soup Kitchen
7 – The Courteeners – Manchester Arena
7 – Thee Hypnotics – Night People
7 – Demob Happy – The Deaf Institute
7 – Courtyards, Little Avis, Floral Scene – The Castle Hotel
7 – Free Vibes (free gig night, ft. Treason, The Cosmics, The Rekid, Sioux) – Band on The Wall
7 – Glass Caves – Night & Day Cafe
8 – Gideon Conn – The Castle Hotel
8 – Arcade Fire – Manchester Arena
8 – Girli – The Deaf Institute
8 – Maker – Night & Day Cafe
9 – The Vaccines / Dream Wife – Academy
9 – Funeral Shakes – Night People
9 – Let’s Eat Grandma – The Deaf Institute
9 – Queen Zee + Psyblings – The Castle Hotel
9 – Theo Katzman (Vulfpeck) – Band on The Wall
10 – Minami Deutsch – Soup Kitchen
10 – Snapped Ankles – Night & Day Cafe
10 – The Sheep Dogs – The Deaf Institute
11 – Fenne Lily – Soup Kitchen
12 – October Drift – Night & Day Cafe
13 – Shame – Gorilla
13 – Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls – Academy
13 – Hey Bulldog / Savannah UK / Déjà Vega / Freakout Honey – Night People
13 – Porches – The Deaf Institute
13 – The Spitfires – The Ruby Lounge
13 – Dreadzone – Band on The Wall
14 – The Orielles – Gorilla
14 – Saytr Play – Band on The Wall
14 – Ian Prowse & Amsterdam – The Ruby Lounge
14 – When In Manchester Festival (The Big Peach, The Old Pink House, Animal Sons, Jo Mary & more) – The Castle Hotel
15 – Tiny Moving Parts – The Deaf Institute
15 – The Gallerys – The Castle Hotel
17 – Hinds – Gorilla
17 – Girl Ray – The Deaf Institute
18 – Idles – Gorilla
18 – Suburban Symphony – Night & Day Cafe
18 – Denis Jones (3333 Album Launch) + Graham Massey’s Toolshed – Band on The Wall
19 – Nada Surf – Gorilla
19 – Sylvette (Album launch) – The Ruby Lounge
19 – Just Jack – The Deaf Institute
19 – Jerry Loves (Ft. caVValiers, Second Son, Mada Cram, Peter 118) – Night & Day Cafe
19 – La Bête Blooms – The Castle Hotel
20 – Shonen Knife – Night & Day Cafe
21 – Record Store Day Live: Vulgarians / Inland Tapian / Strange Friends – Soup Kitchen
21 – The Streets – The Apollo
21 – The Hyena Kill (RSD event) – The Deaf Institute
22 – Keir – The Castle Hotel
22 – Natalie Prass – Band on The Wall
22 – Holly Miranda – Night & Day Cafe
23 – Black Doldrums / The Dee Vees – Night People
23 – The Low Anthem – The Deaf Institute
24 – Joan As Policewoman – Stoller Hall
24 – Gengahr – Gorilla
24 – Marty O’Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra – The Castle Hotel
25 – Mastersystem – The Deaf Institute
25 – Fling – The Castle Hotel
26 – Josh Rouse – Academy 3
26 – Ciaran Lavery – The Castle Hotel
26 – Trampolene – Night & Day Cafe
27 – Honeyfeet – Gorilla
27 – The Academic – The Deaf Institute
27 – Kaze (Single launch) – The Castle Hotel
27 – Foxe – Night & Day Cafe
28 – Sabotage Festival MCR: Catholic Action / Peaness / Bloody Knees & loads more – Soup Kitchen & Night & Day Cafe
28 – Manic Street Preachers – Manchester Arena
28 – Ist Ist – The Deaf Institute
28 – Either Way Festival – The Castle Hotel & Gullivers
29 – Freya Ridings – The Deaf Institute
30 – Yo La Tengo – Academy 2
30 – Slug – Soup Kitchen
